The annual tournament
started in 2010 but stalled during the Ebola outbreak in 2014.

This is the 5th
tournament organized by Ayodele Warburton in memory of his late brother,
Everette Warburton, who always supported him as he followed his passion for the
sport.

“This tournament is to
honour my late brother who supported me playing the game, but it’s also my way
of contributing to the development of table tennis in Sierra Leone and to foster
camaraderie among the country’s table tennis family,” said Ayodele, who
traveled from the United States of America to organize the event.

Ayodele Warburton was
a junior and senior national table tennis player with his junior career dating
back to the late 1980s. In the 1987 National Petroleum Table Tennis Tournament at
the YSC, Ayodele Warburton was a semi-finalist alongside Leone Elliot in the
Boys Single. In his senior career, he has represented Sierra Leone in Joola
North America table tennis championship and, now based in the US, he is twice
the winner of the Sierra Leone Diaspora Table Tennis Tournament in that country.

Meanwhile, registration for the tournament is free and there are trophies and cash prizes up for grabs. There will also be refreshments for all participants.

Ayodele Warburton with some current players

For more information, interested
participants should contact the Sierra Leone Table Tennis Association.